Menachem Begin - WikipediaMenachem Begin was born to Zeev Dov and Hassia Biegun in what was then Brest-Litovsk in the Russian Empire (today Brest, Belarus) He was the youngest of three children On his mother's side he was descended from distinguished rabbis

History of Israel - WikipediaThe Land of Israel (also known as the Holy Land or Palestine) is the birthplace of the Jewish people, the place where the Hebrew Bible was composed and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity It contains sites sacred to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Samaritanism, Druze and the Bahá'í Faith The region has come under the sway of various empires and been home to a variety of ethnicities